who is Almighty, All-Powerful. This contradistinction is final. No one is exempted from it (that is, God is AllPowerful and man is totally powerless). The Quran states: Every human being is bound to taste

realization is like an intellectual revolution in that it colours one’s entire life in the hue of God. (2:138)

hell will say, “O God, grant him refuge from hell.” This tradition has been recorded in different books of Hadith. (Sunan Al Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 2572) In this tradition, three times does not mean just

would be held worthy of Paradise. Such a person’s words were put on record by the angels. He called God in his solitude to include him among those chosen servants who will be rewarded with Paradise, and

from them here. So far as fulfilment is concerned it can be granted only to the true believers who God will find eligible for inhabiting eternal Paradise in the Hereafter. It is very strange that in this

world so that he can be held eligible for entry into the enteral world of Paradise in the Hereafter by God. This is the key for human success in the next world. Any shortcoming in this matter will lead to his

interview is titled “My dreams have never got fulfilled.” The interviewer asked Lata Mangeshkar if God were to ask her what would be her greatest desire at this stage of her life, what her reply would be

important reality. It is that what man wants to find in the pre- death period, has been placed by God in the post-death period. In such a case the greatest wisdom lies in man making himself deserving of

for this while in the present world will become a barrier between them and God. In the Hereafter, too, they will not see God. On that day, when others will be rewarded, they will receive nothing but eternal

the Quran, “The straight way leads to God and there are ways which deviate from the right course. If He so wished, He would guide you all”. (16:9) This means that God, according to His plan of creation,

are, like men, creatures of God. They too have their way of life as man has his. However, as compared to the human world, the greater part of the rest of the world, comprising vegetation, natural objects

realise that the entire expanse of the earth and the sky is evidence of the truthfulness of the call to God. The phenomenal world where man lives is itself an expression of submission to its Creator. How does

Here, it is clear that the act of going astray from Islam is a matter that lies between man and God, and God alone shall deal with such a person. A person who commits a sin has his entire life to repent

107. WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF JUDGEMENT DAY ACCORDING TO ISLAM?According to Islam, God created man as an eternal being, but divided his lifespan into two: the worldly life and the post-death life. While

but only about 10 per cent of it is above the surface of water, and the rest of it is under water. God has created a world called Paradise — an ideal world, a perfect world. According to the Quran, it is

is useful for every man and woman. It means that when you have success, you have to be grateful to God. And when you fail, you have to learn some lessons and re-design your plan after making a reassessment

that is free of tension and negative thinking. When you have success, you have to be grateful to God. And when you fail, you have to learn some lessons and re-design your plan after making a reassessment